John MacEachern

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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|honorific-prefix=The Honourable

| name = John MacEachern

|honorific-suffix= ECNS

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|11|8}}

| birth_place = Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

| residence = Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Cape Breton East

| term_start = 1988

| term_end = 1998

| predecessor = Donnie MacLeod

| successor = Reeves Matheson

| party = Liberal

| religion =

| occupation = Teacher

}}

John Duncan MacEachern (born November 8, 1946) is a former educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998 as a Liberal member.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/glace%20bay.pdf|title=Electoral History for Glace Bay|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-06|archive-date=2018-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108113154/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/glace|url-status=dead}}

He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1946Normandin, Pierre. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IQXwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22MacEachern+John+Duncan%22+1946 The Canadian Parliamentary Guide], 1991. and was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University. MacEachern was a math and physics teacher and high school vice-principal.

MacEachern entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Bruce Clark by 1,725 votes in the Cape Breton East riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1988 |page=36 |accessdate=2014-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |archivedate=2014-05-12 }} He was re-elected in the 1993 election by almost 6,000 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1993 |page=44 |accessdate=2014-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-06 }} On June 11, 1993, MacEachern was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Education and Culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993/06/12+100.raw+PE93Elect |title=Historic Liberal cabinet sworn in |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=June 12, 1993 |accessdate=2014-11-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000830201132/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F06%2F12+100.raw+PE93Elect |archivedate=August 30, 2000 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=New cabinet in Nova Scotia smaller by one|work=The Globe and Mail|date=June 12, 1993}} In 1996, he was shuffled to Minister of Community Services.{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/cmns/msrv/viewRel.asp?relID=/cmns/msrv/nr-1996/nr96-06/96062704.htm|title=Premier shuffles cabinet|publisher=Government of Nova Scotia|date=June 27, 1996|accessdate=2014-11-19}} When Russell MacLellan won the leadership of the Liberal party and became Premier, MacEachern announced he was leaving politics and returning to teaching. He finished his term as MLA for Cape Breton East and finished his teaching career at Glace Bay High School. He is presently a resident of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia{{cite web |title=MacLellan makeover |work=The Chronicle Herald |url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html|date=July 19, 1997 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980204071951/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html |archive-date=February 4, 1998 }} and did not seek re-election in 1998.{{cite web |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Dist06.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Cape Breton East) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018033237/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist06.pdf |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1998 |url-status=dead |archivedate=October 18, 2014 }}